Performances
Performances of my music are quite rare. Though not yet extinct!
So it surprises me that people are playing my music and not telling me about it.
There is a long piano piece by me, called "Good Night!" (named after a Janáček piece from "On an Overgrown Path"). I think it has been played in Japan by a pianist called Kentaro Noda. But I didn't hear for sure.
And now the PRS are telling me it was played in the Theatre Royal, Nottingham, on 17th June 2007.
Who did it? Any ideas?
By the way, classical music royalties are now very low indeed. I calculate that in order to get a reasonable amount of money from performances, at the current rate of pay each piano piece would have to last for 20 hours! And that's not even making a living out of it!
I am afraid it is true! You do a lot better in film and TV. But it's probably right, because lots of people "consume" TV music, and not a lot go to concerts. So what can I say?
So it surprises me that people are playing my music and not telling me about it.
There is a long piano piece by me, called "Good Night!" (named after a Janáček piece from "On an Overgrown Path"). I think it has been played in Japan by a pianist called Kentaro Noda. But I didn't hear for sure.
And now the PRS are telling me it was played in the Theatre Royal, Nottingham, on 17th June 2007.
Who did it? Any ideas?
By the way, classical music royalties are now very low indeed. I calculate that in order to get a reasonable amount of money from performances, at the current rate of pay each piano piece would have to last for 20 hours! And that's not even making a living out of it!
I am afraid it is true! You do a lot better in film and TV. But it's probably right, because lots of people "consume" TV music, and not a lot go to concerts. So what can I say?
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